Device for hanging curtains



F. F. McMAHON.

DEVICE FOR HANGING CURTAINS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-21,1921.

1,408,755. Patented MM- 7, 1922.

9 J i kEflTOR A'i'TORNEY UNITED STATES:

PATENT OEFIE;-.

FREDERICK r. MQMAHON, or isnlnefrronr, connno'rrcnr.

DEVICE ron narrative cunra msf I V i Specification of Letters Patent.Patented B1 7, 1922 Application filed January 21, 1921. Serial No.438,877.

ticularly to device especiallyadapted for use in alining the lower edgesof curtains at the time of hanging, and the primary object thereof is toprovide a simple and efficient device comprising a standard mounted on abase which holds the standard in upright position when placed on thefloor, and an adjustable cross bar having means for fastening thecurtains thereto. The device provided by my invention is inexpensive tomanufacture, andone which may be taken apart and placed together in acompact unit, when not in use.

A further object of the invention is to provide a scale on the standardof my improved device, adapted to cooperate with an edge of the crossbar for determining the height of the lower edge of the curtains fromthe floor, the same being extremely useful when it is desired to hang anumber 01 curtains with their lower edges at the same distance from thefloor, it being apparent that my device may be used both as a gage fordetermining the height from the floor and for correctly aliningcurtains.

lVith the above and other objects in view, 1' have devised the noveldevice for hanging curtains which I will now describe, referring to theaccompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and usingreference characters to indicate the several parts.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my novel device for hanging curtains as inuse;

Fig. 2, a sectional view, on an enlarged scale, on the line 2-2 in Fig.4;

Fig. 3, a plan view of the novel device;

Fig. 4, a front elevation thereof; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view of the opposite side of the standard andcross bar illustrated in F 4, showing a scale On the standard.

10 denotes a base, 11 a standard secured to the base by a hinge 12, or.other suitable means, and 13 a cross bar adjustable on the standard.Means, as a hook 14:, is provided for the purpose of locking thestandard in an upright position, the hook being attached to the base.and adapted to engage an-eye 15 screwed into the standard. The standardmay be folded down onthe base and the cross bar removed, when the deviceis not in use, thus providing a compact unit which is easily stored. Thecrossbar is provided with a plurality of projecting pins 16, fixedtherein in any desired manner, which'are "adapted to attach curtains 17to the cross bar for the purpose to be described.

r l lhe cross bar 1S recessed at l8, preferably in tl e central portionso that the ends will balance, to receive the standard, the cross barbeing slidable longitudinally thereon. The cross bar is shown asadjustably se cured to the standard by means of a plate 19 secured tothe cross piece over recess 18 and having integral with it, or attachedthereto, a spring 20 which bears against the bottom of a groove v21formed in the standard. A convenient and practicable way of forming thespring is to, as illustrated in the drawing, make the plate 19 with anarrow tongue projecting centrally therefrom, and to bend said tongue sothat it will lie adjacent the back of the plate, the bend affordingsniiicient resiliency to keep the end of the tongue sprung outwardlyfrom the plate. The friction of the spring alone, on the bottom oigroove 21, may be used to hold the cross bar in adjusted position, or athumb screw 22, threaded in the plate and l'iearing on the spring, maybe utilized to lock the cross bar in any desired position.

As shown in Fig. 5, a scale 23 may be provided on the standard, thelower edge of the cross bar registering with the scale to indicate theheight of the cross bar from the floor.

The various parts of my novel device may be inexpensively constructed ofwood or pressed metal, and are simple and durable. In use the device isplaced with the base on the floor underneath a curtain pole 24, uponwhich curtains 17 are to be hung, the cross bar being positionedparallel with the pole and at the desired distance from the floor. Theupper end of the curtain is passed loosely over the pole and the lowerend thereof is attached to the pins 16 on the cross bar. The upper endof the curtain is then secured to the pole in any suitable manner.

I thus provide a simple device for hanging curtains, which is easilyoperated by one person, and which will aline the bottom edges withouttentative adjustment, thus eliminating the'heretofore tedious work ofcurtain hanging, which has often required climbing up and down astep-ladder several times inorder to get the sides and centers of thelower ends of curtains in aline'm'ent. It will also be seen that withthe novel device provided herein, it is possible to aline two or morecurtains at the same time. My deviceis extremely useful where it isdesired to hangcurtains, located at different windows about a room, withtheirlower edges t the same height from the floor, the cross barbeingfirst fixed at the required height and used as a gage thereafter.

It is to be understood that the embodiment of theinventiondisclosedherein is illustrative and not restrictive and that theinvention contemplates such modifications in construction andarrangement of parts as may be made within the spirit and scope of thefollowing claims:

LA device of the character described comprising a base, a hingedstandard, a cross bar having a recess to receive the standard, a plateover the recess, and means 'onthe plate for adjustably securing thecross bar on the standard.

2. A device of the character described comprising a base, a standard,'across bar 1 havinga recess adapted to receive the standard, a plate onthe cross bar br1dg1ngsa1d recess and retaining the cross bar on thestandard, and means on the cross bar'for attaching'curtalns thereto. 4;.A device of the character 'ClGSCllbBd comprising a'base, astandard, anadjustable" cross bar: having a recess adapted to receive the standard,a plate bridgmg said recess, a spring carried by'the plate and en'gagmgthe standard, and a screw carried by the plate and bearing against thesprin 5. A device of the character described comprising a base, astandard provided with longitudinal groove, a cross bar having a recessadapted to receive the standard, a plate bridging said recess andretaining the cross bar onthe standard, a spring carried by the plateand bearing against the bottom of the groove, and a thumb screw passingthrough the plate and engaging the spring.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

FREDERICK F. MoMAHON.

